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SHARPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sharpy mean?
• SHARPY (noun)
The noun SHARPY has 2 senses:
1. an alert and energetic person
2. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Familiarity information: SHARPY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alert and energetic person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
busy bee; eager beaver; live wire; sharpie; sharpy
Hypernyms ("sharpy" is a kind of...):
actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sharpy"):
goffer; gopher (a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy
Hypernyms ("sharpy" is a kind of...):
card player (someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games)
chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; gouger; grifter; scammer; swindler (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
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